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FACS Classroom Ideas: Food for Thought: Bell Ringers
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Food for Thought: Bell Ringers. I do like using bell ringers - you know, those little writing prompts or activities at the beginning of class that get kids thinking about what they'll be doing today (while you're taking attendance and juggling 4 million other things); but it took me a while to find a system for them that I really liked. So when I moved to binders, I placed a little packet of bell ringer sheets in with everyone's syllabus, etc:. This worked so much better! Then I m...
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FACS Classroom Ideas: March 2015
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Sunday, March 29, 2015. PARCC, Social Media, AFT, and "Privacy". So I'm taking a break from this (rather slow) description of my transition from teaching to the "other side" to ask this question: Why do people still believe that they have an expectation of privacy on social media? Perhaps like me you recently received this email from the AFT:. Warning: Rant headed right for you. If you put something out there for everyone. Teach them that social media is NOT PRIVATE! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Using aut...
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FACS Classroom Ideas: October 2014
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Hey, Uncle Ben's actually responded to my objection from Friday. Friday, October 17, 2014. Why We Need Home Ec, Part 3. That is NOT A DRY MEASURING CUP, Uncle Ben's! You can't measure the importance of teaching them to cook? How about the importance of teaching them to measure? And shame on you Food Network Magazine for printing this! Sunday, October 12, 2014. Cheesecake in a Jar. 4 oz cream cheese. 1/2 c powdered sugar. 4 oz Cool Whip. The jars I picked up at WalMart, and to...
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FACS Classroom Ideas: Take-Out Boxes of Fun
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Saturday, March 29, 2014. Take-Out Boxes of Fun. Whilst at Hobby Lobby a bit ago, I noticed a display of brightly colored take-out boxes; at that moment, I knew that I had to have them for group projects. I picked up five in colors that correspond to my classroom kitchens. Notice that I have them set up in a copy paper box lid. Stay tuned, and I will tell you what they did with the Play-Doh in a future post! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Fight Blood Cancer Here! Check out the special deal. The End ...
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FACS Classroom Ideas: Prenatal Timeline Activity
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Friday, July 31, 2015. In keeping with my theme of short group activities (can two days be a theme? Here's another one that's been really successful. That contain week numbers and a description of something that happens during the prenatal period. I ask them to work together to take their best shot at matching up the week with the correct description. (These really aren't the best pictures, but it gives you a little something to visualize.). August 1, 2015 at 2:17 PM. Is this in the bundle special? Withi...
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FACS Classroom Ideas: Play-Doh, Child Development, and Take-Out Boxes
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Thursday, July 30, 2015. Play-Doh, Child Development, and Take-Out Boxes. So over a year ago I posted about using brightly colored take-out boxes. Available at your local craft store) for project supplies, and promised to write about how we used the Play-Doh I stored in them in a later post. Well, here's the later post! Each kitchen was given a take-out box (in the color that matched their kitchen, of course), which they were delighted to find contained Play-Doh! Development." And off they went! Some of ...
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FACS Classroom Ideas: June 2015
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Don't You Miss Having Summers Off? One of the first questions I'm always asked related to my former teaching career is "Don't you miss having summers off? The answer is a resounding NO. Why? Pay very close attention. TEACHERS DO NOT HAVE SUMMERS OFF. That is crazy talk that can only pass through the lips of people who have no idea what they're talking about. Summers off, p-shaw. Yeah, sure, except for:. Studying up on new techniques, technologies, and standards. Fight Blood Cancer...
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FACS Classroom Ideas: August 2014
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Saturday, August 16, 2014. Dumb Choices When Teaching Sex Ed. I've always had the policy that you can ask me anything - after all, if they don't ask me, they're probably going to ask their friends who actually know even less than they do. You open yourself up to all sorts of crazy things, but I'm not the type to become flustered by anything they have to say or ask. So here's my story. We are beginning to learn about conception (for a great ice breaker, see yesterday's post. Who would do that? And then a ...
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FACS Classroom Ideas: January 2015
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Saturday, January 10, 2015. Professional Reasons for Quitting Teaching. This entry is part of a series explaining my departure from teaching. In my last entry I discussed my primary personal reasons. Today I'll describe my biggest professional reasons. My biggest "professional" reason for leaving teaching boils down to one thing: I like kids too much to continue teaching. On the surface that doesn't make much sense, does it? In a November staff meeting, the names of all of the juniors and their accompany...
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FACS Classroom Ideas: Google My Maps/Google Maps Gallery
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Google My Maps/Google Maps Gallery. A few people emailed me about the map I put up on yesterday's post. So I thought I'd share a little bit about it. Google My Maps. And it will update the map on yesterday's post. Every time. You can even access and edit your maps right through your Google Drive! This is a great tool to use to create resources for your classes, or for your students to create maps, too! Another great related resource is Google Maps Gallery. Fight Blood Cancer Here!
